The other day, I put out my qualifying round picks, with explanations. To save some time for you, my picks were as follows:
Order of Round Robin:
East: Bruins, Lightning, Flyers, Capitals
West: Avalanche, Stars, Blues, Golden Knights
Qualifying Series winners (their seed):
East: Penguins (5), Rangers (11), Islanders (7), Blue Jackets (9)
West: Oilers (5), Predators (6), Canucks (7), Jets (9)
The NHL did not officially announce whether the teams would play in a bracket-style or play the traditional high seed plays low seed style.